# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1243 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1244 --- ## [I tattled on the WBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tattled-on-the-wbc/594881)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tattled-on-the-wbc/594881 "2011-09-07T17:11:33Z")
Last Sunday, Aug. 28th, on the way home from church, I passed by another local church near my home. Three guesses and the first two don’t count as to what local hate group was picketing there. One of their signs used t… --- ## [Interesting looking small (Pallas Cat) wildcats born in captivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-looking-small-pallas-cat-wildcats-born-in-captivity/595025)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-looking-small-pallas-cat-wildcats-born-in-captivity/595025 "2011-09-07T17:08:52Z")
Videos here - mute annoying accompanying music Adults here The Unfluffy Truth about Pallas' Cats at Prospect Park Zoo - YouTube --- ## [Did Nizoral dandruff shampoo go out of business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nizoral-dandruff-shampoo-go-out-of-business/595420)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nizoral-dandruff-shampoo-go-out-of-business/595420 "2011-09-07T17:07:58Z")
None of the drugstores in Tampa have had any on the shelves for months and nobody can tell me why not. What’s up? --- ## [Fuck, I think I just saw a Neo-Nazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-i-think-i-just-saw-a-neo-nazi/595097)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-i-think-i-just-saw-a-neo-nazi/595097 "2011-09-07T14:03:58Z")
I’m not very knowledgeable about Neo-Nazism in Australia, but I think I just saw an Aussie Neo-Nazi. I was at a smoothie bar and the guy in front of me was a handsome, fit young man with a black T-shirt bearing the legen… --- ## ["But, Munch..." and "Now, Voyager"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-munch-and-now-voyager/595488)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-munch-and-now-voyager/595488 "2011-09-07T11:50:14Z")
Every time I want to respond to either of these posters, I always consider beginning my response with one of the above openings, just for the hell of it. Haven’t done it yet, but I’m always tempted. (I do get into quite … --- ## [One Of My Best Friends Is Dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-best-friends-is-dying/595158)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-best-friends-is-dying/595158 "2011-09-07T11:06:44Z")
My best friend’s wife, who I’ve known for over 20 years, is not expected to make it through the holiday. Cancer, very aggressive. Destroyed her kidneys and liver and was unknown 2 weeks ago. We built a pirate ship in … --- ## [Warning for TabMixPlus and GreaseMonkey users (Firefox)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-tabmixplus-and-greasemonkey-users-firefox/595480)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-tabmixplus-and-greasemonkey-users-firefox/595480 "2011-09-07T11:02:47Z")
I help a lot of you guys out on Firefox problems around here, so I thought it might be good to give you a heads up. The latest build of Greasemonkey breaks compatibility with Tab Mix Plus. Technically, the bug is in the… --- ## [Thank you, Dopers, for ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-dopers-for/595216)
**Author:** [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-dopers-for/595216 "2011-09-07T04:07:58Z")
… Zip-it. I had no idea the gurgle of a fast running drain would make my long weekend so complete. : - ) Any one else have a shout-out for a Doper tip or insight that changed your life? --- ## [Everyone hates it, it's notoriously bad, yet you love it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536 "2011-09-07T02:41:32Z")
What things to you love that are infamously bad, and everyone else mentions as the best and most obvious example of a bad thing? I’ll start of with a big one, to make everyone else less shy. Trust me, you won’t look bad… --- ## [Kids: Leave the train-hopping to Hollywood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-leave-the-train-hopping-to-hollywood/595359)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-leave-the-train-hopping-to-hollywood/595359 "2011-09-07T01:22:47Z")
CSU student’s legs severed by train in Longmont The headline alone gave me that want-to-pee-my-pants-my-stomach-just-lurched feeling. Further proof that teenagers are prone to stupidity. Ugh. --- ## [I am soo tired and just want this to be over with. (pathetic & depressing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-soo-tired-and-just-want-this-to-be-over-with-pathetic-depressing/592448)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-soo-tired-and-just-want-this-to-be-over-with-pathetic-depressing/592448 "2011-09-06T23:31:11Z")
(The following is very disjointed) Yes I’m talking about my life, yes I know how it sounds, I’m just so incredibly tired (I’ve been saying that for 40 years). (And yes, I have been check for all sorts of things and up u… --- ## [Just bought a car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-car/595407)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-car/595407 "2011-09-06T23:01:09Z")
So I don’t talk about money to people. I don’t know why really, it’s just always been one of those subjects I don’t feel comfortable talking about. Possibly because I’ve been in debt for most of my life and I never lik… --- ## [You know, Bush JR never seemed "folksy" or "cowboy-like" to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-bush-jr-never-seemed-folksy-or-cowboy-like-to-me/594971)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-bush-jr-never-seemed-folksy-or-cowboy-like-to-me/594971 "2011-09-06T22:49:59Z")
Bush, in fact, always seemed to me to be… well, kind of a nebbish? I think that’s the word I’m looking for? Like a squeaky little guy. “Folksy” and “cowboy” were never even close to my mind when I saw him speak. Why d… --- ## [New baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/595041)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/595041 "2011-09-06T22:10:22Z")
Well I’m a bit less One and Only, my second daughetr was born last night weighing 7lb 14oz. We’re calling her Isobel Phoebe. off back to hospital shortly. Hope I can bring them home today. --- ## [Just locked in a mortgage rate of 3.25%](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-locked-in-a-mortgage-rate-of-3-25/595260)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-locked-in-a-mortgage-rate-of-3-25/595260 "2011-09-06T21:23:25Z")
The last time we refinanced our home, we locked in a rate of 4 5/8% for a 15 year mortgage. I honestly thought that that was the lowest rate I’d ever see in my lifetime. But because the economy is still stalling, the F… --- ## [No, you can't get to heaven (no, you can't get to heaven)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-get-to-heaven-no-you-cant-get-to-heaven/595127)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-cant-get-to-heaven-no-you-cant-get-to-heaven/595127 "2011-09-06T20:34:40Z")
On roller skates (on roller skates) 'Cause you’ll roll right past ('cause you’ll roll right past) Those pearly gates (those pearly gates) No you can’t get to heaven on roller skates 'cause you’ll roll right past those… --- ## [21 foot Crocodile Captured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384 "2011-09-06T20:32:47Z")
We’re going to need a bigger… crocodile enclosure. --- ## [Wikileaks Cable: The great Saudi tonic water drought of 2008-2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-cable-the-great-saudi-tonic-water-drought-of-2008-2009/595327)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-cable-the-great-saudi-tonic-water-drought-of-2008-2009/595327 "2011-09-06T20:16:59Z")
This is an amusing read. Here’s an excerpt: --- ## [So THIS is why a dog is Man's best friend! (A guy thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-why-a-dog-is-mans-best-friend-a-guy-thread/595111)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-why-a-dog-is-mans-best-friend-a-guy-thread/595111 "2011-09-06T19:19:25Z")
Just got back from getting my truck’s state inspection. I took my dog along for the ride. As I’m waiting outside (with the dog right by my side) the store for the mechanic to do his thing, two of the hottest girls, weari… --- ## [Have You Ever...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/595324)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever/595324 "2011-09-06T17:28:47Z")
subtitle: The Fog Of Deep Sleep and Much Needed Rest Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night at someplace besides your usual habitat? In a land far away from your home because you are on a road-trip and someo… --- ## ['Let's have heroes for dinner!'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-heroes-for-dinner/595202)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-heroes-for-dinner/595202 "2011-09-06T17:07:38Z")
Snoozing in the ER as our daughter got a CT scan (you get used to it), I thought my wife had left the South Side for the East Coast. Then Thing 2 got wheeled in from her CT scan, still with the neck brace and strapped t… --- ## [Hirka T'Bawa RPh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hirka-tbawa-rph/594539)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hirka-tbawa-rph/594539 "2011-09-06T14:53:46Z")
I am ecstatic to say that I have passed all my pharmacy boards, and am now a licensed pharmacist in the state of Georgia! Woot! Now I’m excited and also a little scared… My employer is changing my status, and soon I’ll d… --- ## [Fire in Antelope Valley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212 "2011-09-06T04:43:40Z")
I step outside my door and on the hills about 7 miles from me I see a pretty big brush fire. It has to be big for me to see it from this distance. It must have started today since it was not there last night. It looks li… --- ## [Let the renovations begin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-renovations-begin/589245)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-renovations-begin/589245 "2011-09-06T01:56:33Z")
Last week I cleared my junk out of the middle bedroom. Yesterday roomie experimented with scraping off the cottage cheese ceiling. She says it’s coming off nicely, and she should be able to do the whole ceiling in an h… --- ## [Are Cecil and Una Married??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447 "2011-09-05T20:37:14Z")
I ask because I especially enjoy their joint answers to questions. Like on Australia, and on past Friday. They disagree somewhat like scientists might. Perhaps the Curies have been reincarnated?? Either way, I vote for … --- ## [Lives Like Garbage: Children with Birth Defects Abandoned (China)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-like-garbage-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned-china/595256)
**Author:** [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-like-garbage-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned-china/595256 "2011-09-05T18:01:52Z")
There are some that speculate that China will soon replace the USA as the world’s superpower. My opinion is that China just has too many domestic problems to be able to achieve number one status. Lives Like Garbage: Ch… --- ## [Freddy Mercury Google video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freddy-mercury-google-video/595275)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freddy-mercury-google-video/595275 "2011-09-05T15:46:21Z")
I still think the one with Pac-Man was the coolest one I ever saw. But this one is right up there. Amazingly, my American friends say they can’t see it…is it just for Canada (and presumably, the UK)? --- ## [smoking outdoors banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-outdoors-banned/594588)
**Author:** [@gone2thedogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gone2thedogs)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-outdoors-banned/594588 "2011-09-05T14:53:37Z")
So as not to hijack the thread on disposing of cigarette butts I posit this query. How is it legal for an employer, or the state of NY, etc. to ban smoking outdoors? When did the employer/state own all the air outside? … --- ## [Another brilliant idea from my brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brilliant-idea-from-my-brain/595251)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brilliant-idea-from-my-brain/595251 "2011-09-05T14:31:02Z")
The only animals that are going to survive on earth are domesticated ones. Therefor we need to begin a crash program to domesticate every animal species. Every individual human will be furnished with breeding pairs of … --- ## [I'm considering starting a long bike commute in a very bike-unfriendly city.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-considering-starting-a-long-bike-commute-in-a-very-bike-unfriendly-city/594520)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-considering-starting-a-long-bike-commute-in-a-very-bike-unfriendly-city/594520 "2011-09-05T05:14:36Z")
Advice? So, for my wife’s birthday, I took both of our long-disused bikes down to the local shop and had them tuned up and brought back to spec. We’ve been loving it. We’ve been taking the bikes downtown on the weeken… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1242) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1244)